The Belgian mine countermeasure (MCM) vessel BNS Narcis and the Dutch HNLMS Vlaardingen were recently handed over to Ukraine.

"The Netherlands and Belgium are transferring two minehunters to Ukraine. A vital contribution to Black Sea security, and key ...

FILE PHOTO: Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 6, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo. UPDATED Jun 24, 2025, 04:40 PM.

Over the last three years, both Ukraine and Russia installed hundreds of mines throughout the Black Sea, mostly to deter ...

The Netherlands and Belgium have delivered two minehunter vessels to Ukraine to support maritime security in the Black Sea, ...

FILE PHOTO: Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 6, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo ...

Romanian defence minister Ionut Mosteanu said that the Netherlands will donate eighteen F-16 fighter jets to Romania in a bid ...

This was announced by Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov on Facebook , as reported by Ukrinform. He noted that the ...

European NATO allies are grappling with the fact that the US no longer views success in Ukraine as pivotal to NATO security.

In the days before the NATO summit in The Hague, the Dutch Navy intercepted three more Russian ships in the North Sea and ...

Never mind the rhetoric from some European capitals about strategic autonomy; the tireless efforts to stroke Trump’s ego and ...